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ALERT 1/24/2013: Dear Health Care Provider
This letter is to announce a funding opportunity for some providers of obstetric and midwifery care. Liability insurance for providers of childbirth health care is becoming increasingly costly. To assist providers of birthing services with their malpractice insurance premiums, the New Mexico legislature has initiated a Birthing Workforce Retention Fund. The Department of Health now invites applications for this Fund.
For New Mexico there is limited funding for fiscal year 2013, which ends June 30, 2013.
Awards will be between $5,000 and $10,000. In order to be eligible for award of money from the fund, the applicant must:
• be a certified nurse-midwife or medical doctor licensed in New Mexico providing birthing services,
• show that Medicaid or indigent patients constitute at least one-half of his or her obstetric practice,
• have a current malpractice liability insurance policy covering birthing services, and
• demonstrate that his or her malpractice insurance premiums covering birthing services have increased every year for two consecutive years.
Additional application requirements can be found in the Birthing Workforce Retention Fund Rule, 7.30.9 NMAC, and the attached application form.
The deadline for applications for awards in New Mexico fiscal year 2013 is March 10, 2013. Applications must be delivered to the Maternal Health Program office by close of business that day.
Please address any questions to Denita Richards at (505) 476-8938, Santa Fe, or denita.richards@state.nm.us.
Sincerely,
Denita Richards, RN
Maternal Child Health Section Manager